Norðradalur (Settlement)

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Norðradalur has nine inhabitants and covers 21 merkur of copyhold land distributed between three farms, one of which has no outfield. The village has a dairy farm, and the sheep herd consists of 525 animals. Although the village faces the sea, landing conditions are poor. The village was connected to Tórshavn by road in around 1965.

In 1959‑62, a radar station was built on the Sornfelli mountain with an air defence detachment in Mjørkadalur. The radar station is closed for the time being, and the air defence detachment has been used as a detention for some years.

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  • Jóan Pauli Joensen

    (b. 1945) D.Phil. in History and D.Phil. in Ethnology. Professor Emeritus and adjunct professor at the University of the Faroe Islands and former rector of the University of the Faroe Islands.